MISSION — In January, Elle Holbrook will be crowned Queen Citrianna, the face of the Rio Grande Valley’s citrus industry for the next year.

MISSION — In January, 17-year-old Elle Holbrook will be crowned Queen Citrianna, the face of the Rio Grande Valley's citrus industry for the next year. Her title and the competition created to ...

MISSION — In January, 17-year-old Elle Holbrook will be crowned Queen Citrianna, the face of the Rio Grande Valley's citrus industry for the next year. Her title and the competition created to ...

MISSION — In January, Elle Holbrook will be crowned Queen Citrianna, the face of the Rio Grande Valley's citrus industry for the next year.

But as 17-year-old Holbrook prepares to make her first appearance as queen and the city readies for a string of festivities, the future of the citrus industry is uncertain. A pair of natural ...